My name is wonderful, too! (Readers write)

Last month we ran a story about the meaning of names from around the world. As a result, two of our readers sent in their own stories. Thank you!

I KNOW all about difficult names. My maiden name was Abdelnour. Someone actually made
the comment that I’d be glad to change my last name when I got
married. Really? From “Servant of Light”?

MY name is Winifred. It means “friend or winner of peace,” so I
love it, although I prefer being called Winnie, as in Winnie the Pooh. When I was a Camp Fire Girl we had to chose a Native American name. I chose Gizigobenesik because I was proud that I could pronounce
it!